# Residential proxies for price, search and ad checks by city

> What teams check with city residential proxies in Asia and Oceania: marketplace prices, local search, ad verification and app geo-testing, city by city.

- URL: https://banyanproxies.com/use-cases/
- Last updated: 2026-10-18
- Publisher: Banyan Proxies (https://banyanproxies.com)

Four business jobs that need an IP in the right city, not just the right country.

**Quick answer — What are city residential proxies used for?**

Teams use city residential proxies to see what people in one city see: marketplace prices and delivery fees, local search and map results, city-targeted ads, and how apps behave by location. Banyan Proxies sells them for 70 documented cities in 14 countries, from $1.88 for 1 GB, for business uses under an [Acceptable Use Policy](https://banyanproxies.com/acceptable-use/).

## Which business checks need a city IP?

- **[Marketplace price monitoring](https://banyanproxies.com/use-cases/marketplace-price-monitoring/)** — Shopee, Lazada, Tokopedia, Flipkart and Daraz prices, shipping and stock by city.
- **[Local search tracking](https://banyanproxies.com/use-cases/local-search-tracking/)** — Organic and map results for the same query in Manila and Cebu City, or Sydney and Perth.
- **[Ad verification](https://banyanproxies.com/use-cases/ad-verification/)** — City-targeted ads, offers and landing pages, with one sub-user per client.
- **[App and website geo-testing](https://banyanproxies.com/use-cases/app-geo-testing/)** — Delivery zones, currency, language, time zone and redirects per city.

## Which uses are not allowed?

Fraud, logging in to accounts that are not yours, spam, fake engagement, attacks, ticket or limited-stock scalping and anything unlawful. Banking, government and payment-portal sites, plus SMTP (email-sending) ports 25, 465 and 587 are blocked. The [Acceptable Use Policy](https://banyanproxies.com/acceptable-use/) has the full list, and the [rules by country](https://banyanproxies.com/guides/proxy-rules-by-country/) summarise local data protection laws.

## How do I choose cities for a project?

Start with the cities your report or market covers, then add one contrasting city per country: a capital and a regional centre, such as Jakarta and Medan, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, or Sydney and Perth. Differences in delivery, language and local results usually show up first between them. Every city costs the same per GB, so adding cities does not change the price of a GB.

## Where do I start a project?

Open the cities you need from the [city index](https://banyanproxies.com/cities/), test one with the [city proxy trial](https://banyanproxies.com/guides/getting-started/), and see all plans on the [pricing page](https://banyanproxies.com/pricing/). The [guides](https://banyanproxies.com/guides/) cover setup and local rules.

## What else do buyers ask about use cases?

### Can I collect reviews or user profiles?

Reviews and profiles can be personal data, which local data protection laws cover. Keep jobs to business data such as prices, stock, ads and rankings. This is not legal advice.

### Do I need residential or mobile IPs?

Residential city IPs cover most web checks. Dedicated 4G/5G ports by zone suit checks that need a carrier IP; both are on the [pricing page](https://banyanproxies.com/pricing/).

### Can several clients share one account?

Yes: Sub-users with their own credentials and traffic cap, one per client or project.

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Banyan Proxies: Banyan Proxies is a residential proxy provider for cities across South and Southeast Asia and Oceania, paid in crypto with no ID upload: home IPs targeted by city in Mumbai, Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok, Karachi, Sydney and more, billed per GB.